The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12

mates OF the expenditures 70 complete the house
and TO provide the same with furniture, for both
OF which purposes additional appropriations viii
be necessary.
amount now on hand, with the amount received
from taxes next February, will be exhausted by
next March in payment Of work now under con-
tract, and such work will have to be suspended
unless the General Assembly makes provision to
continue the same
them from mourning any Indebtedness beyond
the appropriations. and that, therefore, the
amounts to be derived from taxes In August, 1887,
and February, 1888 should be retained TO pay the
unpaid per cent due the contractors.
Iwould recommend an immediate consideration
OF the matter and the proper appropriation, in
order that the work upon the house may have the
utmost possible advancement and its completion
be insured at the earliest practicable date
Your attention is also called to needed legisla-
ton to provide for the care and custody OF the
new statehouse after its completion and accept
ance by the State.
ADDITIONAL HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE.
The law authorizing the construction OF three
additional Hospitals tor Insane was passed IN 1883
Inc law reqglTeo that twQ SonIlssloneIs sno Ii
zeal parties TO superintend their construction.
My predecessor appointed as such Commission
ner. Colonel Joseph r. Gray and Hon. John @.
| Robinson.
one of each at Evansville, Richmond and Logans-
port-the plans and specifications adopted and the
contracts for their construction let and the build
/ ings commenced before the commencement OF my
| official term.
The board as constituted by my predecessor was
| continued by myself, and so remained until DC
] tober q, 1886 when General William Crosse re-
signed, and has since been elected a member OF
| the present General Assembly. Hon. Eugene II.
| Bundy was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The Commissioners, in the construction OF the
hospitals, have kept in view the needs o. the tut
ure, and have constructed each institution in
such manner that increased capacity can be OBJ
tanned at a very low e0st per capita. The medical
thfee 6ospitsis at LOO But more can be accom-.
mOdated without serious Inconvenience The
census of 1880 enumerated $50 insane persons in
The State Hospital for Insane at Indianapolis hes
accommodations for about 1900 patients, which
| number, if deducted from the mum GER enumer-
ated in the census of 1850. would leave without
hospital accommodations 2,O3O.
| Inquiry made last Septembe through the
State Board OF Health, showed the num-
Der OF insane persons confined Cd IN tine
/ l,lO0, and il is reported that some OF them are
| locked in cells some wear ball and chain and
others are chained to the floor. need not urge
| the necessity OF an early completion OF the hos
pitfalls in order that these poor upfOrtunates may
have proper care and medical treatment.
The total amount appropriated Tor the eonstruc-
ton OF the three hospitals is 81 JOB 800 and the
! board asks an additional appropriation OF SlO7,-
eco, 10 complete and equip the institutions.
| OF the allowances made to the contractors there
has been paid S747,255.73, leaving balance OF the
| appropriations for said hospitals unexpended OF
| S4l95e6.O5 which amount was uneXpended be-
cause the receipts to the general fund were not
sufficient to pay allowances AGAINST the same and
meet the large expenditures fOr the maintenance
of the State Government and the public institu-
tions. In the contracts for the construction
be the Roa hospitals PTSyded m iRat
/ suspend their construction at any time
and the Commissioners were unwilling to pro
| low the estimates OF the contractors. payable at
once in the then condition OF the Treasury; and
by the fact that at the close of the last fiscal year
there was only $50 390.l2 In the general fund The
contractors desired to continue their work, and
requested and agreed to take their estimates ap-
proved and allowed for payment on future dates.
rather than discharge their organized force Of
employees, and In pursuance OF sucn request ana
agreement allowances we're mace up TO the LIST
day OF November, 1886, to the amount OF $685.
45i6I But il was provided in the order of allow
ance of said sum that vouchers for $50, IS
should not be presented to the Auditor OF state
for warrants until January i, 1887, and that
February 20, 1887, on which dates it was under
stood by the Board of Commissioners, sufii.
allowances, or the present General Assembly
would make provision for their payment
The medical engineer estimates SOl the annual tSd
three hospitals for the fiscal year end
ing October 81 1857 SSO0oO for the fiscal year end
the fiscal year ending October 81 1889, $4,000.
The board presents with their report such bills
as they deem necessary for the organization, and
the basis OF which is board of four Trustees tor
each hosptsl the two leading political parties To
| be equally represented on each board. The Com
missioneTs also recommend the purchase OF ten
acres additional to the present grounds of the
/
its symmetry and procuring better access to the
grounds. The board, having purchased to the
tional authority to purchase the ground. l com
mend the matter 20 your investigation ana con
STATE UNIVERSITY.
indiana University is taking rank with the
very best educational institutions in the West
the number OF students is steadily increasing
. each year. and the work done in the university
is equal 10 that done In many OF the more pre-
tentious universities. The library has beer
largely increased By weiiseected volumes I'M
, practical work. The faculty is composed o
men of high character and finished education
Ieommend the university to your favorable con
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The success of the school has demonstrated It
usefulness as a factor I'm developing professions
teachers ard in promoting the cause OF education
During the seventeen years of its existence tn
, average attendance has increased from AZ TO 43
: | of the students has come from the homes o
3 farmers and mechanics. and eighty seven counte
OF the State have been represented.
; PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
, The excellent report of the superintendent Q
e | Public Instruction contains the evidence OF tn
3 | increased prosperity and efficiency OF our CON
: mon school system. The common school fun
: has been increasing at the rate OF about $4,000
2 per year for several years past, and now amount
c TO S9,45S,0S5.7l
care in the preparation of valuable analytics
i tables and statements for his report which wi
give much interesting Information in relation
j the common schools.
: INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUNE.
: The report of this institution for the year 18'
a shows the value of the real estate is Si590OOj pei
= sonal property 81 $50; total SOB S9Og7: value
> products of farm and garden, S3,6lS:6 earning
i of the institution, S62Sl; value OF clothing ful
= nshed pupils and returned to State Treasury 10
q collection, 1868 49, appropriation for maintl
nance $4,000; expended from maintenance fund
. S52,069 96; appropriated for repairs 5000; e1
pended from repair fund, 81 1856 49, special IunC
"a S726.27 expended from special fund, Sl95.3l
e number OF pupils in attendance, Sl6i per capt.
= cost Si6l 81.
. The superintendenFs report shows that tn
" health of the pupils during the year has bee
% | good, and that marked improvement has bee
y made in educational methods.
1 INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
The'Trustees in their report estimate the valU
OF the real estate at $3.50 S the personal propert
at S17 eco &C: total valuation, 1913 1886 They
port expended for current support. S3 S92; for r
IS pairs 81 600 6T total expenditure SO $500. tt
institution furnishes the pupils tuition board an
washing only.
b The Superintendent's report shows that II
re school session commences on the second Wedne
G day in September annually, and continues for
le consecutive weeks at the expiration OF which q
AZ the pupils required to be removed from the Il
ie stitution. The whole number OF pupi
d enrolled during the session OF 1885 W
" l26 The total number enrolled during q